Grass and weed...

[Wij]

...s.

I'm not particularly good with lawns. I haven't had mine long but I need to be good at things; I'm a man. Everyone else's is just grass. Mine is 90% clover and dock leaves. How do I get it to become grass ? Is there any way to make it grow slower or is every Sunday going to be given over to mowing the lawn ?

Help meh plz m8s !!!

 

[Jupitus]

Well... you'll need to get over the 'I dont want to cut it' thing Wij. Weeds get in (including clover) when your grass is weak,you need it to be strong!

Try getting a cannister of weed n feed and using that... it will kill off weeds and also fertilise the grass... read the instructions carefully and dont put toomuch on or youll end up with a patch of black

 

[Ardrias]

The key is to make big flowerbeds and also place big flowerpots in carefully chose locations. Saves you some!

 

[JBP|]

the other option is to do what i did

take a flamethrower to it then (providing you have the time) relay some new turf


unfortunatly i never quite got round to the relaying stage and i need to start all over again

 

[Wij]

Well... you'll need to get over the 'I dont want to cut it' thing Wij. Weeds get in (including clover) when your grass is weak,you need it to be strong!

Try getting a cannister of weed n feed and using that... it will kill off weeds and also fertilise the grass... read the instructions carefully and dont put toomuch on or youll end up with a patch of black

No grass sounds good tbh

 

[JBP|]

in that case use concrete

 

[Lazarus]

im not really that bothered. Long as its green and looks like a lawn froma distance - suits me

 

[Moving Target]

Disappointment after opening thread.

 

[Cyfr]

Rip the lawn up and cement it. Grass is a weed!

 

[Tilda]

Astro-turf!

 

[Tom]

You could just use weedkiller on the lot, costs about a tenner for a litre or so. Leave it for a couple of weeks, buy a big bag of grass seed, some fertiliser, and away you go. Just make sure you water the entire lawn every day until its strong, and instantly remove any weeds you find along the way.

Just make sure you cut the grass short before you use the weedkiller.

 

[Furr]

burn it all , simple.

 

[Mazling]

I concur. Nuke the entire site from orbit.

 

[Wij]

Well... you'll need to get over the 'I dont want to cut it' thing Wij. Weeds get in (including clover) when your grass is weak,you need it to be strong!

Try getting a cannister of weed n feed and using that... it will kill off weeds and also fertilise the grass... read the instructions carefully and dont put toomuch on or youll end up with a patch of black

this weed'n'feed stuff, is it dangerous to kids and animals ? should i cut it first ?

 

[Jupitus]

Cut first, wait 4 days and then use it when grass is dry. Kid and animal safe.

 

[Insane]

Cut first, wait 4 days and then use it when grass is dry. Kid and animal safe.

this is wij your talking about after all.. how can it be classed as "safe" in his hands

 

[Wij]

this is wij your talking about after all.. how can it be classed as "safe" in his hands

I'm not going to fuck the nozzle !!


















































much.

 

[Lazarus]

Just make sure you water the entire lawn every day until its strong, and instantly remove any weeds you find along the way.

Feck! with the amount of water falling fro mthe heavens up here, you wouldnt notice a difference.

Just waiting for the Ark to appear down the road!

 

[~Yuckfou~]

...s.

I'm not particularly good with lawns. I haven't had mine long but I need to be good at things; I'm a man. Everyone else's is just grass. Mine is 90% clover and dock leaves. How do I get it to become grass ? Is there any way to make it grow slower or is every Sunday going to be given over to mowing the lawn ?

Help meh plz m8s !!!

My front garden was converted to cobbles / large stones / large plants and an F big water feature couple of years ago. Underneath everything is that black antiweed sheeting. Maintenance is now 3/4 times a year for about an hour each time, win.

I'm redoing the back right now. Making the lawn area smaller and the borders/patio/rockery larger. My lawn was bollocks, I was just mowing weeds. I stripped the top off the whole thing, waited for the dandelions to grow back, weedkiller, waited again, weedkiller. I think I have killed them all now but just in case there's more weedkiller going on it. Weedol, safe for pets etc, goes inert as soon as it hits soil so you can plant immediately. Nice topsoil arrives at the weekend followed by new turf.

[hijack]

Which leads me nicely on to a question I was going to ask. How do you calculate the area of an irregular shape. I'm assuming "Pi r 2" reversed along with "2 Pi r" reversed will work? Long time since i did geometry, before these new fangled calculators and computers

[/hijack]

 

[Tom]

Easiest way is probably to measure the circumference, assume that the shape is a square, and then multiply 2 sides of the square.

Example

circumference = 30 metres
divide by 4 = 7.5 (4x7.5 = 30 metres)
7.5 x 7.5 = 56.25

area = 56.25*






*may be total bollocks

 

[~Yuckfou~]

Easiest way is probably to measure the circumference, assume that the shape is a square, and then multiply 2 sides of the square.

Example

circumference = 30 metres
divide by 4 = 7.5 (4x7.5 = 30 metres)
7.5 x 7.5 = 56.25

area = 56.25*





*may be total bollocks

Sounds sensible to me and easier than my method.

 

[Vae]

Easiest way is probably to measure the circumference, assume that the shape is a square, and then multiply 2 sides of the square.

Example

circumference = 30 metres
divide by 4 = 7.5 (4x7.5 = 30 metres)
7.5 x 7.5 = 56.25

area = 56.25*

*may be total bollocks

Only thing is that the circumference of a circle contains the largest area so for the above example if the circumference had been a circle the area would be 71.6 sq metres.

The easiest but still accurate way would probably be to divide the shape into a series of squares, rectangles and triangles, work out their area and guess the bits left

 

[Tom]

Excuse my ignorance, but what difference does the shape make to its area? If a circumference is 30metres, its 30 metres if its a square, circle, triangle, or nekkid lady. Wouldn't the area be the same? Only the dimensions would be different?

 

[Wij]

Excuse my ignorance, but what difference does the shape make to its area? If a circumference is 30metres, its 30 metres if its a square, circle, triangle, or nekkid lady. Wouldn't the area be the same? Only the dimensions would be different?

Perhaps in non-Euclidian space :/

Circle has the biggest area/cirumference ratio of all all 2d shapes.

(except a photo of TdC)

 

[~Yuckfou~]

This is making me think far too hard.
I'll take a guesstimate

 

[TdC]

Perhaps in non-Euclidian space :/

Circle has the biggest area/cirumference ratio of all all 2d shapes.

(except a photo of TdC)

git in mah belleh!!!11

 

[Wij]

ouch, I'm not p13 !

 

[TdC]

p13 arrr ^2

 

[Lazarus]

1. build a framework around the circumference of the shape.
2. use plywood to sheet the framework.
3. Line the base of the shape with thick lino
4. Fill the shape with EXACTLY 2.54 cm of water.
5. Transfer the water from the shape to a canister(s)
6. Weigh the cannisters to find the exact weight of water used (remembering to deduct the weight of cannisters)
7. youve now wasted about 2 days with fuckall to show for it

how "irregular" is the shape?

 

[~Yuckfou~]

1. build a framework around the circumference of the shape.
2. use plywood to sheet the framework.
3. Line the base of the shape with thick lino
4. Fill the shape with EXACTLY 2.54 cm of water.
5. Transfer the water from the shape to a canister(s)
6. Weigh the cannisters to find the exact weight of water used (remembering to deduct the weight of cannisters)
7. youve now wasted about 2 days with fuckall to show for it

how "irregular" is the shape?

Kinda kidney bean/teardrop cross is one, the other is ovalish.